Textbooks for "Paul and Early Judaism"

Though not yet available on the university bookstore website, textbooks for my spring 2014 class, BNTB 685 Paul and Early Judaism, are now decided. There are many excellent books we could have used, but I have decided to take advantage of the timing of the release of N. T. Wright's Paul and the Faithfulness of God next month to help shape our discussion. Thus, we will be working through the following two texts as we consider the letters of Paul within their Jewish contexts:

• N. T. Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God. Fortress Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780800626839
• John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, eds., Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview. Eerdmans, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-8028-6922-7

PhD students who are taking this seminar at the doctoral level will read the texts listed above, but will also be required to read and report on an additional text:

• E. P. Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism. Fortress, 1977. ISBN: 978-0800618995

In addition, I am recommending the following text for a general introduction to the variety of ways Paul is being read these days:

• Michael Bird, ed. Four Views on the Apostle Paul. Zondervan, 2012. ISBN: 9780310326953.

With these authors as our conversation partners, I am confident that it will be a challenging and fruitful spring for those of us who will be in this seminar together.